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egypt is a state of institutions. it honors its commit manys and it enters commitments that are in its best interest. the peace treaty has been in the best interest of egypt and has provided regional security and has provided for egypt the opportunity to concentrate on its development. >> schieffer: all right. mr. ambassador, i want to thank you so much for joining us this morning. this hasn't been an easy time for you personally. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> schieffer: we turn to the other side of the table now where there sit the senior senator from arizona, a member of the armed services committee senior republican on the armed services committee john mccain. senator mccain, should we have seen this coming? >> i think so. we should have seen this coming when the egyptian government failed to move forward with a process of democratization. the last election was particularly flawed. by the way madeleine albright, the head of n.d.i., called for observers. russ feingold and i had a resolution in su
egypt is a state of institutions. it honors its commit manys and it enters commitments that are in its best interest. the peace treaty has been in the best interest of egypt and has provided regional security and has provided for egypt the opportunity to concentrate on its development. >> schieffer: all right. mr. ambassador, i want to thank you so much for joining us this morning. this hasn't been an easy time for you personally. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me....
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egypt will be overrun. >> reporter: a bipartisan group of lawmakers is using the war powers act in a lawsuit against the administration to halt the conflict. cbs news, the united nations. >> the war powers act was passed back in 1983 and gives the president 60 days to get congressional approval for sending troops to war. >>> it is almost as long as a football field and it has lighting. coming up on 9news now this sunday we will show you the world's longest plane. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. >>> hollowed out burn shell all that remains of a new jersey chemical plant after a massive fire. early this morning firefighters started battling the 7 alarm blaze as nearby residents were asked to leave their homes. they
egypt will be overrun. >> reporter: a bipartisan group of lawmakers is using the war powers act in a lawsuit against the administration to halt the conflict. cbs news, the united nations. >> the war powers act was passed back in 1983 and gives the president 60 days to get congressional approval for sending troops to war. >>> it is almost as long as a football field and it has lighting. coming up on 9news now this sunday we will show you the world's longest plane. somewhere...
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bear in mind, this is not the egypt of hosey you in barrack. the egyptian government now are muzz lum brotherhood, and israel is in a less-tenable negotiating position and they remain military strong but do they want to go in on the ground take hundreds of thousands of casualties? that they've within boehnered will cause them to lose the international support they have. it's one of those 50-50 chance things but it's looking like everybody is looking fair way out. the question is, in a region like this, is there a way out. >> schieffer: well allen pizzey, who always shows up in the worst place where's the workforce things are going on, thank you. cbs news correspondent charlie dag tais on the other side of the border in gaza. charlie, bring us up to speed. what is the situation like there. >> reporter: well, the mood here is extremely teps, and the biggest worry is this dangerous and unpredictable situation may be about to get worse. as we drove through the northern part gaza strip, we were shown a couple of bombed out buildings, and one looked
bear in mind, this is not the egypt of hosey you in barrack. the egyptian government now are muzz lum brotherhood, and israel is in a less-tenable negotiating position and they remain military strong but do they want to go in on the ground take hundreds of thousands of casualties? that they've within boehnered will cause them to lose the international support they have. it's one of those 50-50 chance things but it's looking like everybody is looking fair way out. the question is, in a region...
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what is egypt today? i don't think we have definitions in this incredibly interdependent world where your friends collapsing and your enemies collapsing are sometimes more dangerous than the other way around. >> schieffer: bobby, you and i were talking before the broadcast, and we were talking about the trouble that's spread across the arab world, and you've said basically we need to get used to it. >> absolutely. i think this is a new kind of middle east crisis and it will come back to us over and over again. we have seen the elements of it, there are people in country, professional offense givers, and in countries are professional offense takers. there are people who crank it up in the street and organize. this is not a spontaneous outburst of anger. as tom was saying, you have states that are too weak to figure out how to do this. how do you deal-- if you're a democratically elected country. you're not mubarak anymore. how do you deal with public expression anger is it how do you modulate it so it does
what is egypt today? i don't think we have definitions in this incredibly interdependent world where your friends collapsing and your enemies collapsing are sometimes more dangerous than the other way around. >> schieffer: bobby, you and i were talking before the broadcast, and we were talking about the trouble that's spread across the arab world, and you've said basically we need to get used to it. >> absolutely. i think this is a new kind of middle east crisis and it will come...
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the president talked to egypt's president morsi. >>> coming up on the morning news, trouble for an accused masked shooter. why a court hearing was delayed for james holmes the suspected gunman in the colorado movie theater shooting and later luck for two brothers trying to pull off a multimillion dollar lottery scheme. this is the "cbs morning news." mother: this is george. he is a good little monkey and always very curious. one day george got an important letter... he's built a rocket ship to travel into space. girl: google, how far is earth to the moon? google voice response: moon is 238,900 miles... mother vo: the great moment had come... ...3...2...1. ♪ have led to an increase intands clinical depression. drug and alcohol abuse is up. and those dealing with grief don't have access to the professional help they need. when you see these issues, do you want to walk away or step up? with a degree in the field of counseling or psychology from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to make a difference in the lives of others. let's get started at capella.edu you've been there. you p
the president talked to egypt's president morsi. >>> coming up on the morning news, trouble for an accused masked shooter. why a court hearing was delayed for james holmes the suspected gunman in the colorado movie theater shooting and later luck for two brothers trying to pull off a multimillion dollar lottery scheme. this is the "cbs morning news." mother: this is george. he is a good little monkey and always very curious. one day george got an important letter... he's...
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hillary clinton gets a very rude welcome in egypt. utah hiker survives a nearly month-long ordeal in the wilderness. >>> i'm norah o'donnell. disgraced congressman anthony weiner may try to make his way back into politics. will voters forgive and forget? we'll look ahead. >>> first, we begin with a look at today's eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. >>> he didn't gain any tax advantages from having investments in the cayman eye bands, bermuda, then show us. show the american people. >>> tax questions dog the romney campaign. >> release the tax returns tomorrow. it's crazy. you take the hit for a day or two. >> if this were the early rounds a boxing match, romney is on the ropes and obama is throwing all the punches. >> many people looking at the campaign so far and saying there's an effort to tear down your opponent and make him unacceptable. >> secretary of state hillary clinton is in israel this morning after her first visit to egypt. protesters threw shoes, water bottles and tomatoes at clinton's motorcade in alexandria last nigh
hillary clinton gets a very rude welcome in egypt. utah hiker survives a nearly month-long ordeal in the wilderness. >>> i'm norah o'donnell. disgraced congressman anthony weiner may try to make his way back into politics. will voters forgive and forget? we'll look ahead. >>> first, we begin with a look at today's eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. >>> he didn't gain any tax advantages from having investments in the cayman eye bands, bermuda, then show us. show the...
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egypt's prime minister condemned israel. he promised to work with arab leaders to broker a truce. anti-missile systems have intercepted over 100 rockets but hundreds more have made it across the border. the military warned if rockets keep coming, they may send tanks and soldiers into gaza. cbs 9 news. >> the last war in gaza was nearly four years ago. israeli troops launched a three- week ground and air invasion. 1400 palestinians and 13 israelis were killed. >>> two people are dead, two others missing, after an oil rig exploded off the coast of louisiana. four others are in the hospital with burns. investigators say the blast ripped through the energy company platform as workers were using a cutting torch. thick, black smoke could be seen for miles around. the platform is located southeast of grand isle, louisiana. the two missing workers jumped overboard. >>> the missing child that sparked an amber alert this morning has been found. 18-month-old alexis carwile and her mother jennifer were found in maryland. both are safe. the father was taken into custody earlier this morning. t
egypt's prime minister condemned israel. he promised to work with arab leaders to broker a truce. anti-missile systems have intercepted over 100 rockets but hundreds more have made it across the border. the military warned if rockets keep coming, they may send tanks and soldiers into gaza. cbs 9 news. >> the last war in gaza was nearly four years ago. israeli troops launched a three- week ground and air invasion. 1400 palestinians and 13 israelis were killed. >>> two people are...
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and get the latest on the russian plane that crashed in egypt and killed 224. plus, we'll have roundtable to analyze all the news it's all ahead on "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. we've got lot of political news to get to but we start with an update on what caused a russian airliner bound for st. petersburg from egypt carrying more than 200 passengers to crash in the sinai peninsula early saturday. cbs news correspondent allan pizzj in cairo, do authorities have any idea what caused the crash? >> the short answer to that is, no. speculation centered on mechanical and technical problem, the copilot's daughter has said that her father told her even before the plane took off that the pilots were concerned there was a problem. the plane took off in early hours of the morning, when it reached 31,000 feet and 400 noters the pilot called air traffic controllers said he had a technical problem and wanted to make an emergency landing then flight traffic shows that the plane dropped about 3,000 feet to 28,000 and slowed f
and get the latest on the russian plane that crashed in egypt and killed 224. plus, we'll have roundtable to analyze all the news it's all ahead on "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. we've got lot of political news to get to but we start with an update on what caused a russian airliner bound for st. petersburg from egypt carrying more than 200 passengers to crash in the sinai peninsula early saturday. cbs news correspondent...
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if it was a muslim ban why not ban pakistan, turkey, egypt. none of those countries are affected ? >> according to reince priebus they're working on it that's what i heard him tell you. they may add more. the fact is terrorism, a horrible surge on the planet, comes from all kinds of places. somewhere the majority of the population is muslim some not. it even comes from within our country. the fact is we could not make a religious based distinction. we have to go ba evidence that we find that people are actually engaged in. let me tell you. when you ban refugees these folks go through an 18-24 month vetting as it is. the fact is, you talk about banning syrians about throw quarters of those folks are women and children. a full third are kids under 12 years old. children, syrian children -- >> dickerson: let me ask you -- >> -- dieing in war. he said those children have no place of refuge in america. i find that unamerican. >> dickerson: you're running to be the head of the democratic national committee. >> right. dickerson: you will be in these debates with president trump. the antid
if it was a muslim ban why not ban pakistan, turkey, egypt. none of those countries are affected ? >> according to reince priebus they're working on it that's what i heard him tell you. they may add more. the fact is terrorism, a horrible surge on the planet, comes from all kinds of places. somewhere the majority of the population is muslim some not. it even comes from within our country. the fact is we could not make a religious based distinction. we have to go ba evidence that we find...
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entire show just hours before the broadcast, most recently the case in point being the uprising in egypt and the earthquake in japan. through four administrations karen got us on and off the air. it's not a job for the timid or the nervous, but it's what we do and we love it. yet we could not have done the job we did without karen. today marks her last broadcast. she's leaving washington to join her husband who has taken a professorship at vermont law school. i asked her to come out here with me today but she was having none of it. i've always been the person in the control room she told me in no uncertain terms. that's where i want to be for this broadcast. well, that's karen. because she is back there, it is always been easier for me out here. thank you, karen. i'm really going to miss you. back in a minute. we're america's natural gas. and here's what we did today in homes all across america: we created the electricity that powered the alarm clocks and brewed the coffee. we heated the bathwater and gave kelly a cleaner ride to school. cooked the cube steaks and steamed the veggies. en
entire show just hours before the broadcast, most recently the case in point being the uprising in egypt and the earthquake in japan. through four administrations karen got us on and off the air. it's not a job for the timid or the nervous, but it's what we do and we love it. yet we could not have done the job we did without karen. today marks her last broadcast. she's leaving washington to join her husband who has taken a professorship at vermont law school. i asked her to come out here with...
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in egypt the lid is still there. the army, part of the old regime is still there. into the opening came the most organized political party, the muslim brotherhood. that's what you're seeing playing playout in. >> egypt, the struggle between the democratic youth aspiring for a different future and this very old political movement. what's missing in the middle east that europe had, europe had a model, the european union. and everyone wanted to get into it. and it was a huge magnet for them to do the right thing. in the middle east, the model you have is islam. that's the model that's pulling them the other way. we'd need to be in there i think to the extent we can, with money, resourcees, and example, at least, of trying to nurture them toward a different model. >> schieffer: well our time is up. where are you going next? >> probably lebanon as the fighting is continuing there. it's trickling over from syria. >> schieffer: we'll await your report and be back in one minute with some politics. >> schieffer: with so much news going on, on so many fronts we've almost neg
in egypt the lid is still there. the army, part of the old regime is still there. into the opening came the most organized political party, the muslim brotherhood. that's what you're seeing playing playout in. >> egypt, the struggle between the democratic youth aspiring for a different future and this very old political movement. what's missing in the middle east that europe had, europe had a model, the european union. and everyone wanted to get into it. and it was a huge magnet for them...
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in her memoir where she disagreed with president obama and she is going to have to make those clear egypt russia syria, key areas of policy but i do think she is going to have to take foreign policy on iran and everything else and make it a key issue for her as a former secretary of state. >> where do you think we are on this agreement? >> honestly -- >> is this going to be signed? after mccain says what he says i am not sure you could ever get it right the congress thmpleght is an unfinished agreement and mccain is right there is a significant gap between the fact sheet we put out and the statement that the iranians put out. over the next three months, those differences are going to get narrowed and there are going to be concessions and horse trading on both side and if we give too many concessions to the iranians to get the deal they will be visible and obvious to members of congress, to the public, to us us in the news media and make president obama very vulnerable, so if they could sign the deal that they --, you know, the fact sheets described, i think that would pass congress, it is
in her memoir where she disagreed with president obama and she is going to have to make those clear egypt russia syria, key areas of policy but i do think she is going to have to take foreign policy on iran and everything else and make it a key issue for her as a former secretary of state. >> where do you think we are on this agreement? >> honestly -- >> is this going to be signed? after mccain says what he says i am not sure you could ever get it right the congress thmpleght...
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egypt air expressed condolences to the families of those on board. most were from france and egypt. holly williams is in cairo. >> reporter: families came to cairo's airport today looking for answers. but there weren't any. no bodies, no culprit, and so far no explanation. "i want to know where my son is," said this man. "what's the government doing?" mervat mounir told us her husband's niece was one of the flight attendants and had just gotten married. egypt's civil aviation minister, sherif fathi, said he didn't know what caused the plane to go down but had strong suspicions. terrorism is the most likely cause? disastrous year for egyptian aviation. in october a russian plane crashed here after taking off from the resort town of sharm el-sheikh, killing all 224 people on board. a bomb was the suspected cause, and isis later claimed responsibility. egyptian airport security was tightened after that tragedy, but then in march a man hijacked an egypt air passenger jet, forcing it to land in cyprus. his suicide belt turned out to be fake, and the hijacker, according to the cypriot aut
egypt air expressed condolences to the families of those on board. most were from france and egypt. holly williams is in cairo. >> reporter: families came to cairo's airport today looking for answers. but there weren't any. no bodies, no culprit, and so far no explanation. "i want to know where my son is," said this man. "what's the government doing?" mervat mounir told us her husband's niece was one of the flight attendants and had just gotten married. egypt's civil...
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first in and in egypt. people declared this a mubarak free zone. they pushed back and the only place in egypt where true freedom of expression. a strong man like i didn't want's hosni mubarak fought back. but video of the abuse went viral thanks to computer young savvy activists and fueled the fire and they went galloping in to intimidate protests in tahrir square where a faltering regime and so was the decision in late january to fly fighter jets over the crowd. i don't know if you can hear me. those are -- aircraft. one by one, the dictator, mu r mubarak ended up sick behind bars and gadhafi in libya was caught by armed rebels after 42 years of iron rule and his corpse put on public. in the oil rich monarchies of the gulf, especially bahrain, saved the jobs of the world heads of state so far but even they have had to make concessions. >> again, it's a matter of time. opposition is ruthlessly suppressed in bahrain and elsewhere in the gulf region but i think the voices of dissent and it's going to be very difficult to maintain the political order.
first in and in egypt. people declared this a mubarak free zone. they pushed back and the only place in egypt where true freedom of expression. a strong man like i didn't want's hosni mubarak fought back. but video of the abuse went viral thanks to computer young savvy activists and fueled the fire and they went galloping in to intimidate protests in tahrir square where a faltering regime and so was the decision in late january to fly fighter jets over the crowd. i don't know if you can hear...
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i've been to virtually every country that we talk about whether it's egypt, jordan israel iraq afghanistan, the saudi, saudi arabia, emirates kuwait. turkey pakistan india. this is a part of the world with which i am familiar firsthand and as a governor i also met with many world leaders as well as ceos of multi-national corporations. frankly most governors do. i think it's sometimes perceived that governors don't hatch much of a world view. i would tend to take issue that that is not always the case. >> schieffer: do you think this is going to be a contest to determine who is the most conservative republican candidate or who is the most electable republican candidate? >> i know that there is going to be a big brouhaha over who is the most conservative. but if you look at all the republicans who are thinking about regioning, there really isn't an out right liberal in the whole bunch. there may be degrees of more conservative on one policy or another. but i think that compared to the current administration all of us are conservative. but i'm convinced, bob that the average american voter at
i've been to virtually every country that we talk about whether it's egypt, jordan israel iraq afghanistan, the saudi, saudi arabia, emirates kuwait. turkey pakistan india. this is a part of the world with which i am familiar firsthand and as a governor i also met with many world leaders as well as ceos of multi-national corporations. frankly most governors do. i think it's sometimes perceived that governors don't hatch much of a world view. i would tend to take issue that that is not always...
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in cairo, egypt, a bomb went off in a christian cathedral. and attacks in istanbul, turkey, targeted people outside a soccer stadium. holly williams is there. >> reporter: a kurdish militant group, kurdistan freedom falcons claimed responsibility for the deadly attack which seems to have targeted police officers. 30 of those killed were members of the police force according to the turkish authorities. and today was a national day of mourning here as they buried their dead. the first explosion at around 10. 30 followed 45 seconds later by a suicide bomber, detonating their device in a nearby park. according to turkish officials. turkey's deputy prime minister said the car bomb may have used nearly 900 pound of explosives. and the blast could be heard from several miles away. this follows a spate of devastating bombings in turkey over the last year. some attributed to isis. others also claimed by kurdish militants. who were involved in a decade's long conflict with the government here. and there was another lethal attack in cairo today. a bombi
in cairo, egypt, a bomb went off in a christian cathedral. and attacks in istanbul, turkey, targeted people outside a soccer stadium. holly williams is there. >> reporter: a kurdish militant group, kurdistan freedom falcons claimed responsibility for the deadly attack which seems to have targeted police officers. 30 of those killed were members of the police force according to the turkish authorities. and today was a national day of mourning here as they buried their dead. the first...
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the recent statements from egypt telling me the same thing. we always ask, where the muslim voices my sense is we're beginning to hear them. >> schieffer: where are they? >> let me say something about the strategy to go right to it. to win the war of ideas we have to first of all acknowledge that we can win it, we can. the solutions are there, they're affordable and available. but to inoculate the vast majority of the millennials around the world one data point they are having a crisis of i'd fee. that is the first thing. second thing that we have to have a strategy that is truly global. ideological way to get to your point this isn't just about one part of the world. it's what's happening around the world and we have to connect the dots. strait strategy has to connect what is happening in central eric to the tri-border area, to what happened in brussels to what is happening in kenya. these things matter to millennials you can't win this if the strategy is only about the hard power, has to be 'south the soft power war to understand that the ex
the recent statements from egypt telling me the same thing. we always ask, where the muslim voices my sense is we're beginning to hear them. >> schieffer: where are they? >> let me say something about the strategy to go right to it. to win the war of ideas we have to first of all acknowledge that we can win it, we can. the solutions are there, they're affordable and available. but to inoculate the vast majority of the millennials around the world one data point they are having a...
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the force that we're talking about will come from regional armies, there are large regional armies, egypt, turkey, they would go into the fight if you put assad on the table. so most of the fighting will be done by the region. they will -- one thing i can tell you about iraq, next president of the united states is going to be dealing with isil and iraq, because what we have in place here is small, it's limited in focus and will get limited results. have done limited capability we don't have enough american troops inside of iraq to destroy isil any time soon. >> i believe we take it back, which is very important with relatively short period of time that's just beginning. there is fallujah, mosul and others, we need more robust presence. at all of our candidates talk about refugees, sea sad is major cause of the refugees which are now flooding europe and causing some consternation in the united states. no fly zone will provide refuge at least for some of these refugees. >> there is no ground force being formed in syria. if you don't look at iraq and syria as battle states you are making hug
the force that we're talking about will come from regional armies, there are large regional armies, egypt, turkey, they would go into the fight if you put assad on the table. so most of the fighting will be done by the region. they will -- one thing i can tell you about iraq, next president of the united states is going to be dealing with isil and iraq, because what we have in place here is small, it's limited in focus and will get limited results. have done limited capability we don't have...
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that in mind when we show you what isis claims is the bomb that brought down the russian jetliner in egypt. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: it's a soda can, detonator and a switch. it doesn't look like much, but atf special agent curt dennis, an explosives expert, says it could do a lot of damage. could that bring down a plane?d where they placed it on the plane and how much explosives are in a soda can, but i believe it could. >> reporter: isis published the image in its official propaganda magazine along with this message: revenge was exacted upon those who felt safe in the dock pills of their jets. the group's claims that the soda can bomb brought down the russian plane has not been verified. just yesterday the russian government confirmed the crash in egypt's sinai peninsula was caused by terrorism. and president vladimir putin vowed to hunt down those responsible for killing all 224 people onboard. investigators say an airport insider in sharm el sheikh may have planted the bomb, and the russians say it contained about two pounds of tnt. a u.s. counter-terrorism official says isis in
that in mind when we show you what isis claims is the bomb that brought down the russian jetliner in egypt. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: it's a soda can, detonator and a switch. it doesn't look like much, but atf special agent curt dennis, an explosives expert, says it could do a lot of damage. could that bring down a plane?d where they placed it on the plane and how much explosives are in a soda can, but i believe it could. >> reporter: isis published the image in its official...
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but unlike egypt which is desperately poor and has a huge population, tunisia doesn't have any oil. libya has plenty going for it. >> who comes in and helps with that? diplomatically what is the best choice there for the libyan people to get them to accept some of these changes as well? is it the united states or is it other nations in the region? >> i think the british and the french who took the lead in the nato campaign will probably want be out there first. and the french and italians have longstanding connections to those countries. the u.s. will, obviously, play a major role. they will expect the united nations to be involved as well but libyans and people who grew up outside of libya. many fighters are people who grew up in france and there is a huge libyan american community that is rare to go. a lot of people in the transitional council are actually libyan americans. so there are already americans participating in you like in the rebuilding of libya. >> can we talk quickly about syria and yemen? arab these are two countries where the dictators remain. >> yes. >> will they g
but unlike egypt which is desperately poor and has a huge population, tunisia doesn't have any oil. libya has plenty going for it. >> who comes in and helps with that? diplomatically what is the best choice there for the libyan people to get them to accept some of these changes as well? is it the united states or is it other nations in the region? >> i think the british and the french who took the lead in the nato campaign will probably want be out there first. and the french and...
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there's games that trace back to egypt. >> reporter: most of the classic board games today date from the early 20th century. >> the interesting thing about candy land is it was actually designed as a game during the time of polio to keep kids inside so they wouldn't go out and spread polio or catch it from other kids. in fact the early versions of candy lan show the kids throwing off crutches and other canes and things and entering a world of candy. it was an escapism game. >> reporter: be honest. is there any classic board game that you've come to hate. >> monopoly. >> reporter: really? >> yes. >> reporter: so what sets these new games apart? >> i'm fighting you for strawberries, and i'm going to eat my kiwi. >> reporter: by eating your kiw oochlt i what just happened. first, they're uncomplicated. piece of cake is easy as pie to learn. the goal is to collect the most slices of each variety of pie. i'm concerned about ted getting all that kiwi but an emphasis on strategy instead of dumb luck... oh, i didn't mean to do that... makes for tough deliberation. i can't... i can't. >> make
there's games that trace back to egypt. >> reporter: most of the classic board games today date from the early 20th century. >> the interesting thing about candy land is it was actually designed as a game during the time of polio to keep kids inside so they wouldn't go out and spread polio or catch it from other kids. in fact the early versions of candy lan show the kids throwing off crutches and other canes and things and entering a world of candy. it was an escapism game. >>...
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and then egypt, japan, libya. so i think everybody's sort of excited to cover and hopefully watch something that's a little more joyful. >> yes, exactly. >> there's a lot of interest, too, of course, because this is prince william and there was such a love for princess diana in this country. a lot of people trying to make the comparison between princess diana and kate middleton. you covered diana for a long time. but you also, you know, had some encounters where you were actually right there next to her. >> well, i think we all know what a -- what a tortured life, in many ways, diana led. and how sad she was. i actually sat two seats away from her at a luncheon in chicago when she was here doing some charity work, and i remember saying to her, you must be excited about going home, because this must be exhausting, all the people you have to meet and greet and be gracious to, and she said, yes, i am excited. but i'm going home to an empty house. and i thought, oh, that's so sad. i suggested that she invite some girl
and then egypt, japan, libya. so i think everybody's sort of excited to cover and hopefully watch something that's a little more joyful. >> yes, exactly. >> there's a lot of interest, too, of course, because this is prince william and there was such a love for princess diana in this country. a lot of people trying to make the comparison between princess diana and kate middleton. you covered diana for a long time. but you also, you know, had some encounters where you were actually...
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. >>> the pyramids in egypt have lasted for thousands of years but the u.s. government's food pyramid only making it for about 20. knew nishs eating guidelies. asking kids if the plate is easier to figure out than the old pyramid. >>> first republican mitt romney began his presidential campaign on thursday with a scathing attack on president obama's handling of the economy. saying "barack obama has failed america." this morning, the former massachusetts governor joins us from manchester, new hampshire. sir, good to have you with us. >> thanks, erica. >> you want to take on president obama in this race. there are a number of other republicans, though, who would like to do that, as well and you'll need to get past them. your party didn't choose you in 2008. what makes you think it will be different now in 2012 and that you are, in fact, the right nominee for the republican party? >> you know, back in 2008 the issue that really motivated our voters at the primary time was iraq. whether the surge would work and john mccain very wisely made that the centerpiece of
. >>> the pyramids in egypt have lasted for thousands of years but the u.s. government's food pyramid only making it for about 20. knew nishs eating guidelies. asking kids if the plate is easier to figure out than the old pyramid. >>> first republican mitt romney began his presidential campaign on thursday with a scathing attack on president obama's handling of the economy. saying "barack obama has failed america." this morning, the former massachusetts governor...
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the president of egypt going to china. something that would have been unheard of just a few years ago. this really is a time where the united states needs -- >> is there not guilty different that a president romney would do? >> a president romney i think, would understand american exceptionalism. would not be afraid to lead from in front. because the united states has to send strong signals to our friends and to our adversaries that we know where we think the international system ought to be going. without the strong signals, when the united states somehow makes itself one among many, perhaps in the context of a security council where it's not possible to get firm action, the world is really a pretty dangerous place. i think that is what governor romney, we hope president romney would bring. >> we just saw the headline in the wall street journal that republicans are going to blast president obama on foreign policies today. tonight, it's you, john mccain, then we hear from paul ryan. can you be specific about where you thin
the president of egypt going to china. something that would have been unheard of just a few years ago. this really is a time where the united states needs -- >> is there not guilty different that a president romney would do? >> a president romney i think, would understand american exceptionalism. would not be afraid to lead from in front. because the united states has to send strong signals to our friends and to our adversaries that we know where we think the international system...
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the list also had smaller scale attacks with little details like ones in egypt and kuwait city, where there were no casualties. also mentioned in august 2015 episode where three americans tackled a moroccan pasenger armed with a box cutter and assault rifle on a train from amsterdam to paris. >> these three don't really need any introduction. >> reporter: all three became international heroes and met with president obama. the white house knows these events were covered and the accusation would lead organizations to remind audiences of their events, partially distractin legal woes the president's immigration order is facing in the courts an order the white house says is meant to deal with these terrorist anxieties. >>> the white house is trying to schedule president trump's visit to the united kingdom, but a lot of brits are not fond of the idea. nearly 2 million have signed an online petition to keep him out. and a top lawmaker there is moving to make sure mr. trump does not get the opportunity to address parliament. elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: as you can see, the morning p
the list also had smaller scale attacks with little details like ones in egypt and kuwait city, where there were no casualties. also mentioned in august 2015 episode where three americans tackled a moroccan pasenger armed with a box cutter and assault rifle on a train from amsterdam to paris. >> these three don't really need any introduction. >> reporter: all three became international heroes and met with president obama. the white house knows these events were covered and the...
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. >> reporter: her mother arrived from egypt where she had been visiting her 12 and 14-year-old daughters. >> it's sad. we're not happy at all. we're scared for the other one, my sisters and anyone that want to come here. we're trying to find safety. >> open those doors! open those doors! >> reporter: u.s. immigration officials in dla people this weekend, some for up to 24 hours, including osama alolabi's parents. he's a student at southern methodist university and he joined protesters at the airport. he said his parents already had their visas. he was waiting in line. when they saw they were syrian, someone came and they took them to a private room. there were people from all nationalities over there. then a person comes and lectures how if you're from these seven countries, you have to go back. >> reporter: yasin and her mother are still upset about their experience. >> my mother and all the ones like my mother are expecting an apology, a big one. >> reporter: if the president were watching this, i'd wonder what you want to tell him. >> i just want him to have a heart. >> reporter: davi
. >> reporter: her mother arrived from egypt where she had been visiting her 12 and 14-year-old daughters. >> it's sad. we're not happy at all. we're scared for the other one, my sisters and anyone that want to come here. we're trying to find safety. >> open those doors! open those doors! >> reporter: u.s. immigration officials in dla people this weekend, some for up to 24 hours, including osama alolabi's parents. he's a student at southern methodist university and he...